AGAINST ECONOMICS : rethinking political economy
Published in 1997, this book takes on the sacred cows of economics, both mainstream and radical, pointing out the many elisions inherent in economic analysis, from class blinkers to gender and culture blinkers, to methodological failings, philosophical errors and political and paradigmatic biases.
eBook, English, 2018
ROUTLEDGE, [Place of publication not identified], 2018
1 online resource (1 volume)
9780429459634, 9780429861291, 0429459637, 042986129X
1079363641
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Against Economics; Part I: Economics and Epistemology: Marxism, Realism and Beyond; 1 Critical Realism: The Nouvelle Critique; 2 Against Eurocentrism: Prolegomena to Liberation; Part II: 'Development' Studies: Retrospect and Prospect; 3 Theory and Policy in 'Development' Studies: An Overview of the Mythology of 'Progress'; Part III: Arguments in Political Economy: Old and New; 4 Economic Theory and Arms Expenditures: A Resume of Issues; 5 Sraffa, and All That: A Retrospective on Some Foibles of the Cambridge School 6 Why England Led the Way : Clues to a Critique of EurocentrismPart IV: Classical Economics: Myth and Reality; 7 The Ricardian Rigmarole: From Policy to Paradigm; 8 The Parson and the Plutocrat: Toward Restitution; Part V: Revolutions in Economic Theory: The Parameters of Paradigm Shift; 9 The Eclipse of Ricardian Ideas: A Primer on Paradigm Shift in Economics; Part VI: Otiose Controversies in Marxism: Against Orthodoxy; 10 The Falling Rate of Profit: Clarifying a Conjecture; 11 The 'A siatic' Mode of Production: Eclipse of a Notion; 12 The 'Transition' to Socialism: In Dubious Debate 13 Beyond Marx: Contra Theses on FeuerbachPart VII: New Horizons: Against Patriarchy; 14 Feminist Horizons: Toward Cultural Revolution; Postface: Rethinking Political Economy; Bibliography